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Colour. — Light yellowish -brown. Head and neck black. Tail with 

 two black rings. Belly coral pink. 



Callophis maculiceps—Thv Small-spotted Coral Snake. 



Identification.— This and the next differ from others of this group in 

 having the a ml sh*e!d divided (a> in Fig. 5 E) and the temporal shield 

 touching the 5th, 6th ana 7th supralabials. The habitat will separate 

 one from the other. 



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FIG. 22.— Callophis nwcnliceps (*6). 



Supplementary characters. — Prefrontals touch the internasal, 

 posterior nasal, prseocular, supraocular, and frontal. Temporal — One ; 

 touching the 5th, 6th and 7th supralabials. Supralabials 7. 

 Anterior sublinguals touch 4 infralabials. Posterior sublinguals touch 

 the 4th infralabial. Infralabials. — The 4th is the largest of the 

 series, and touches 2 scales behind. Scales 13 in whole body. Anal 

 divided Subcaudals divided throughout. 



Distribution.— An uncommon snake restricted to the Burmese area 

 of our British -Indian Territory. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — Grows to 1^ feet. 



